Addicted to books

[PY]

Hi I am new to this forum and to LR but can really relate to this post...

 Her childminder (who also loves books like me and my daughter) jokingly says that taking her to the libranry is like taking any other child to a candy store!

It is funny I was just saying that to my husband, when we go to the library is better than a candy store for my daughter ,she gets so excited!!!It is such a hard time leaving the place....she just doesn't want to leave the library.

[PY]

are you serious? three at the time?Oh my goodness,sorry to hear that, Our library is very flexible about that,

I went in today to check another 3 books :-( I asked the clerk if there could be a exception for children and i was told the books needed to be shared equally with all the borrowers...

oh Hypatia.. I feel bad about that! I can't believe your town public library just let you borrow three books at the time.Maybe you should find out if they can organize a book collecting day, and maybe one child in every school in your town should donate a book to the library to be able to increase the amount of books. I don't know is just an idea...
Also find out if your library has day book sale. In our public library we have sales , you can find anykind of books very affordable.

[Krista G]

Hypathia,

I feel your pain.     My library in Belize only lets us check out 4 books at a time.  That is just horrible.  Here in FLorida we can check out 100 per card member at a time.  I usually have about 50 books in the house at any given time.  I love the library.  I asked the librarian in Belize to make an exception for me.  I requested 10 at a time and she came up to 6.  It is better than nothing but then you almost need to go everyday.

[hypatia]

I know.
It's a beautiful lirary with wooden floors and people take their shoes off. The kids' area is furnished with kids sized furniture, mats to sit on etc..
My daughter loves the furniture more than the books. I'll try and meet the director of the library next time I go there and discuss the fact that they have tons and tons of children's books.
I go every other day.

[rixu]

E loves reading but she dnt need me all the times. some nights she also try not to sleep but continue reading that she take some books finish them and go for other books. then i take some more books and tell her that after reading this books lights would turn off and E should get ready to sleep.

she will follow that

[ShenLi]

My son's the same!  He loves the book shop more than the toy store.  We can usually get good behaviour out of him by promising him a trip to the bookshop but not so for the toy shop...

Unfortunately, we don't have much in the way of libraries here, so we have to make do with the bookshop.  Since he was very little, I've taught him to respect books so he treats them well and always puts them back on the shelves after he's done looking through them.  We've got tonnes of books at home but he still loves going to the bookshop.

[zaku]

wow!! thats wonderful PY

My son loves to read, but not like that.Some times I have to read same story again and again. May be five or six times continously

He dosent want to stop reading. mostly we read in the morning and afternoon. Very rarely at night.

[McDume]

I think Kizudo has it right! like everything with babies, if they love it they'll want to it all the time... but waking up at 1,2,3 AM for readings (not feedings)? That's too much. So, it absolutely makes sense to schedule reading. Surely, this won't dampen her love for it.

I also wonder if she's getting enough exercise? Toddler tend to be very busy, no? And they need their sleep. Waking up at 1,2,3 AM for any reason except physical pains seems unlikely if she's getting plenty of fresh air and exersice.

Just a thought. Good luck. And I too would like for your child to meet mine. But not at 1AM!

[DadDude]

What a great "problem" to have!

Seriously, it sounds like she's going to be a lifelong reader, but as to being totally obsessive about it, that sounds like a phase.  It's like my little boy and legos.  If I take down the lego drawers, it's all legos all the time.  If I put them up, then he'll actually go do other things, and ask for legos only once a day or so.  ;-)  I guess some people, including little kids, are more obsessive than others.

[waterdreamer]

What a great "problem" to have!

Seriously, it sounds like she's going to be a lifelong reader, but as to being totally obsessive about it, that sounds like a phase.  It's like my little boy and legos.  If I take down the lego drawers, it's all legos all the time.  If I put them up, then he'll actually go do other things, and ask for legos only once a day or so.  ;-)  I guess some people, including little kids, are more obsessive than others.

Obsessive personality, my son has one of those too. Finally I have to tell him certain toys or books,etc are tired and we need to try a new one. LOL then he askes me after if his item is ready to wake up LOL

[kizudo]

Hey, PY,

How's your little book-aholic?  Have you tried any of the suggestions offered?  How did they work out for you?

[PY]

Hi Kizudo, Thanks for asking.
Well it is being a long process to make her understand that evrything has a time..Lately when she wakes up at nights asking for books I tell  her is night night time...not reading time...now she wakes up and she asks for milk saying "milk time...NO BOOK TIME MOMMY". so cute!!
The rest of the day she goes to her bedroom and reads her books on her own whenever I am busy...she is going back to her routine...but of course whenever I don't read to her in book time routine she will became very upset.
She had playdates yesterday...she left them in the toyroom and went to her bedroom to read  for 20 minutes and after she was done she came back with some books for her friends but they were having so much fun playing with her toys that they didn't want to read with her so Catalina sit in the floor and keep reading by hemself.
Anyways I have to say that she is understanding better that mommy has stuff to do and she needs to have fun om her own also.(in this case read her books in her bedroom while mommy is busy). At least now she knows that we don't read when is sleeping time.
Thanks to all for your ideas and support dealing with my BIG"PROBLEM".

[waterdreamer]

Thats so cute. I wish you could send some of that addiction my way to my little guy

[kizudo]

PY,
 
I know it's frustrating to you and, at the same time, it's so hard for us to understand because most of our little ones don't share the same passion.  I do wish that my son would be more interested in books and your problem seems almost appealing...yet, I know things are always different when it IS your problem, as this reading issue is yours.  I hope that you and your little reader are able to find a happy balance.  It sounds like you've made some good progress already!

Kizudo

[rixu]

last night we had the problem. it was about 8 30 and E was ready to sleep. just then she said that she needs to read. i ask her to take 2 books from the shelf to read but she took 6 books. i repeat 2 so she put 4 books to shelf. after reading 2 again she took other books and go for others. that got my anger and i ask her to put the books and im going to turn the lights off. when i turn the lights off she started crying then open the toilet door and continue to reading. then i turn on the light and ask her to finish reading about 9 30 she went bed. 

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